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State Lifestyle Arizona shuts down No. 1 Washington The Arizona defense shut down Washington as the No. 12 Wildcats stunned the top-ranked Husky football team 1 6-3. Page 1E NU family leav Blacks cite need for different products African-American women from Lincoln routinely drive to Omaha to buy cosmetics because certain items are not available here. Page 1J gets approval The University of Nebraska Board of Regents voted to allow faculty and staff to take 12 weeks a year of unpaid family leave.

Page 1D Lincoln Journal. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1992 12 SECTIONS 132 PAGES CITY FINAL $1.25 1992 Joumal-Star Printing Lincoln. Neb. Sports I jut! ffiSim 1 rfilfyA I- Weather yjX High Low frh 5032 -S- jCj Partly cloudy pGk today, south winds to 15 mph. Mostly cloudy tonight.

Weather, Page 7C Vf i initiiwfcBawttaiay frMmmtnk "Star COLOR I JL iff 'A i Tax options jfkce debate on Monday Senators advance 2 bills 4 '4 I il Hi 1 nor, said it made some sense to advance the two bills together. "The real issue is (pass) LB1 or increase sales and income taxes," he said. LB1 reimposes for 1992 some 1991 taxes and fees on business and agriculture that were thrown out by the Nebraska Supreme Court. The state needs the money because it already paid local governments $97 million to make it up to them for exempting business equipment from the personal property tax for 1991. If it does not raise the money through taxes on farms and businesses or general tax increases, the state's $136 million budget shortfall would grow by $97 million.

See BILLS on page 7A By Kathleen Rutledge Lincoln Joumal-Slar Here's a reason to quit ignoring the Legislature's latest special session: The Revenue Committee on Saturday advanced a one-year sales and income tax increase. Advancing that bill seemed to be the only way to get Gov. Ben Nelson's tax bill out of the committee so the session could go forward. After the committee vote, the full Legislature adopted committee amendments to the governor's tax bill and will be ready for first-round debate on the two bills Monday morning. Sen.

Jerome Warner of Waverly, who co-sponsored LB1 for the gover RANDY HAMPTONAJNCOIM JOUHNALTAR Frazier frolics Nebraska's Will Shields (75) helps open a huge hole for freshman quarterback Tommie Frazier (15) in the first quarter of Nebraska's 49-7 victory against 12th-ranked Kansas Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Stories on pages 1E, 4E and 10E. Bush hopes to win hearts, minds of historians Schuyler native: Clinton 'natural leader9 at Oxford at Oxford. Then Gless got married, and he and his plays and shared meals. But, Gless said, they never inhaled marijuana together.

"He never inhaled in my presence," Gless said with a laugh. "I never saw Bill smoke anything. He had terrible allergies. He was never a smoker." He also doesn't remember Clinton as a womanizer, as he was portrayed during the presidential campaign. "I never even saw him with a girl," Gless said.

He remembers Clinton as an outgoing, mature, witty person. "He didn't seem slick to me at all," Gless said. "He had a real country boy quality I still see there. He was an extremely gregarious guy. He loves to talk to people and to learn from them.

He's a terrifically good listener. You always have his full attention. At Oxford, he simply absorbed information and ideas. "He made it clear that his ambition was to go back to Arkansas and be involved in politics," Gless recalled, adding that he believes Clinton sincerely was motivated by public spirit. They saw a lot of each other in that first year By David Swartzlander Lincoln Journal-Star Schuyler native Darryl Gless made friends quickly with a student from Hope, who shared a trip across the Atlantic Ocean aboard the USS United States in 1968.

Gless and young Bill Clinton had a lot in common. Both were from families of modest means and attended relatively small state colleges unusual for Rhodes scholars, who commonly hail from Harvard, Yale or Princeton. Both were from small towns with populations of less than 10,000. Both at one time were the heads of their households while teen-agers. And even then, Gless, now an English professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, knew that Clinton was someone people would follow.

"All of us (Rhodes scholars) felt he was kind of a natural leader," said Gless. "I knew him very well at Oxford. He felt wonderfully compatible to me." They traveled through England together while studying at Oxford, attended Shakespearean wife treated Clinton to dinner often. He said reports about Clinton being slick are a fabrication. "He always seemed especially sober and down to earth," Gless said.

"But he had to be very mature very young because his stepfather was an al-coholic. Bill had to take control at home. I never saw him do anything irresponsible or frivolous." For 20 years, Gless and Clinton lost touch. But after Clinton announced his candidacy, Gless attended a Clinton speech in Asheville, N.C. "It was clear that unless I did something spe-ciaL I wouldn't see him," Gless said.

"So I ran up to the front of the banquet hall and interrupted him as he was taking his first bite of salad. He recalled virtually everything about me. It was heartening. He doesn't lose track of people." Gless worked on Clinton's campaign and intends to correspond with him and advise him on educational issues. "I plan to keep in touch," he said.

"I have a lot of advice to offer whether he wants it or not Since I'm in the classroom actually doing the work, I plan to give him perspectives from the front lines." By News Servibes WASHINGTON President Bush began a new campaign Saturday one to win the hearts and minds of historians. "I hope history will record that the Bush administration has served America well," he said in a short, eloquent radio address. "America has led the world through an age of global transition. We've made the world safer for our kids, and I believe the real fruits of our global victory are yet to be tasted." Bush predicted that chroniclers of the presidency ultimately would treat him more kindly than campaign com- Clinton used 'stealth' weapon to fend off ag critics. Page 1 D.

mentators have after his loss to Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton. "When you wia your errors are obscured," he said. "When you lose, your errors are magnified. I suspect history will take the edge off both interpretations." Seeing how Republicans have begun pummeling each other over who was to blame for the president's defeat, Bush sought to snuff out the Jntraparty warfare.

"I captained the team, and I take full responsibility for the loss," he said. "No one else is responsible. I am responsible." Dispute delays food labels WASHINGTON (AP) A dispute over changing the nutrition labels displayed on all foods sold in the United States is heading for President Bush's, desk because two Cabinet secretaries failed to reach an agreement this weekend. Agriculture Secretary Edward Madigan and Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan ended" a series of one-on-one meetings with--out settling their differences over the proposed changes. "What happens now, according to our best information, is the decision goes to the president, and the decision-making process will continue for another two to four weeks," Jeff Nedelman of the Grocery Manufacturers of America said Saturday.

The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act requires that new rules be in place by Monday for the more than 250,000 non-meat foods regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. "The administration will post a notice saying it has missed the dead-' line," Nedelman said. "That means the FDA's draft regulations will become final." But he said the president has the authority to change those rules once an agreement is reached for uniform labeling rules for foods regulated by the FDA and the 300,000 foods regulated by the Department of Agriculture. The USDA is not under any legal obligation to come up with new labeling regulations. Sullivan and FDA Commissioner David Kessler want a nutritional chart breakdown of each major nutrient as a percentage of daily nutritional needs.

Madigan reportedly believes that format is too complicated. Nedelman said three issues bogged down negotiations between Sullivan and Madigan: What ttw lobeli will look Ilk and some of details to included. How the new regulation would aftect rejtouront. Mow much todlum a product could contain and still be labeled "light." that is the exact same position in which I find myself today. I admit this is not the position I would have preferred, but it is a judgment I honor." He concluded by saying that he and See BUSH on page 7A can be divisive, and I want the Republican Party to be as constructive on the outside of executive power as it has been for 12 years on the inside." He said that President-elect Clinton "needs all Americans to unite behind him so he can move our nation forward." Speaking in a tone light years removed from his brutal, frenetic campaign language, Bush said: "Way back in 1945, Winston Churchill was defeated at the polls.

He said, 'I have been given the order of the and finger-pointing, no playing the blame game." Recognizing that a loss after a bitterly fought campaign can produce rancor, he urged Republicans not to play a divisive role during a Clinton administration. "I realize that defeat He added that there must be "no Reappraising county often lonely and thankless "Maybe Jeffrey Dahmer lives here you never know." Chris Benson, property lister -Co II I I lll i i 1 1 i it' 1 "ft v. I Index People who are uncomfortable with having a lister inside are asked to answer a few questions about the condition of the home. People who don't want a lister on their property at all are asked to sign a form, but are not obligated to do so by law. Smith said being a woman helps, adding: "I don't think I look very threatening." Some people answer the door in bath towels, robes, nightshirts and pajamas.

Benson said the job never ceases to amaze him. "I've had two guys let me in in their jockey shorts," he said. Many non-English speakers Language also can be a barrier. "I can't believe all of the people in Lincoln who don't speak English. I never knew there were so many," Smith said, adding that most are Asian or Hispanic.

County Assessor Norm Agena said it takes a special kind of person to be a lister. "You can't be an introvert," he said. "We've had a couple of people who were very shy and it created a whole new persoa" Some of the listers were hired temporarily to work on the reappraisal. Agena said listers are almost 4Q-thirds of the way done with the 59.524 residential properties in the city of Lincoln. The entire county should be done by July with new valuation notices sent out in late 1993 or early 1994.

Agena said he expects the county's overall property valuation to increase 10 percent as a closer reflection of market value. That doesn't mean taxes will be increased 10 percent he said. Lincoln's last full reappraisal dates back to the early 1960s. After the new figures are released, listers will continue to update different areas of the county with the goal of renewing the reappraisal every four or five years. By John Rood Lincoln Journal-Star Property listers for the Lancaster County assessor's office have visited the homes of Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Jack Dempsey and Michael J.

Fox. And it's likely that they will visit your house, too, if they haven't been there already. Listers Chris Benson and Jackie Smith were surprised to learn that so many Lancaster County homeowners share their names with famous athletes and movie stars. But that's been just one of the eye-openers for two of the 12 property listers involved in the painstaking footwork necessary to reappraise the county. There are more than 76,000 properties in Lancaster County.

The lister's job is to update information in county files on all of them by going door to door. The goal is to do about 15 homes per lister per day. "Maybe Jeffrey Dahmer lives here you never know," Benson said Friday during a morning trek through northeast Lincoln. Some anxiety He was explaining the feeling of anxiety that he has before ringing every doorbell. "We get responses everywhere from having the door slammed in our faces to Hi, we've been expecting he said.

Some homeowners have offered the county's foot soldiers coffee, cookies, sandwiches and even money all of which have to be refused as a matter of policy. "We've had to turn down vegetables from gardens even though they looked great," Smith said. Other homeowners are less kind, refusing to answer the door or coming outside to complain about their tax bills. "A common response is 'So, you're here to raise my taxes, Benson said. "Taxes are a sore subject with everyone.

They don't realize that all we do is collect information." In cases where no one comes to the door, listers are instructed to inspect the outside of houses, remeasure and check for such improvements as decks or room additions. Benson and Smith agree that the most nerve-wracking part of their job is to measure the back of a home when they know someone is inside and has not answered the door. "With all of the kooks in the world, you sometimes worry about someone sticking a shotgun out the window," Benson said. Said Smith: "That's probably my biggest fear being in someone's back yard and having them not realize I'm there." Benson said he wishes more people would acknowledge his presence, even if they choose not to let him inside, adding: "I always take no for an answer." One Lincoln letter writer wrote newspapers last month warning that the "assessor's people" could "count your silver, open your dresser drawers Benson said nothing could be further from the truth. "All we want is to get a feeling for the overall condition of the home we don't care about your personal property.

Two houses can be built side by side and differ greatly on the inside." Some people worry that allowing a lister inside means an automatic increase in valuation. "That's not always the case. It works the opposite way, too," Benson said. "It just helps us to be more accurate." Bulletin Board Page 70 Busineu Paget 1-eC Classified Sections Deaths Page 7C Editorials Pages A-7B Entertainment Focus HomeGarden Pages 6-7 Lifestyle Section Lincoln Sections Nation Sections Nebraska Sections People Page 2A Soaps Page 7C Sports Section TV-Coble Section World Sections NEBRASKA BOOKSTORF Open Sundays 12 5' 13th Q-Adv "Dolls by Jerri" Artist Signing Party. In person Todav 2 5 Yesterday's Future 1529 NXotn-T-Ad JOHN ROOOUNCOLN JOURNAL -STAR Jackie Smith, a property lister for the Lancaster County assessor's office, records the dimensions of a northeast Lincoln home.

"Sometimes you can go all day without getting into a house," she said. "It gets kinds of lonely.".